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Syed Asim Zaman
Lead Consultant / System Integration Specialist
G3 IT Consultants (www.g3itcon.com)
Phone: +971 4 3488456 Fax: +971 4 3986215 FMT: +971 50 4400274 PO Box: 113579, Dubai UAE
What is your Situation?
Outgrown your current environment?
Globalizing your business?
A new company looking for a solution?
Frustrated with the cost of your current system?
Struggling with multiple business application silos?
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Problems with Traditional ERP
Complex Bloated with features you’ll never use
Complicated and time consuming to implement
Inflexible
Force you to modify your business to match the software
Difficult to change once implemented
Many local solutions won’t scale globally
Expensive
Costly licenses, IT infrastructure, maintenance and upgrades
Proprietary, Locked-in
Don’t control your own destiny
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Traditional ERP may not be a cost effective
Adempiere’s Fresh Approach
Adapts to the way YOU do business Setup and re-configure the system without programming Quickly adapt to business change – change anything, anytime
Available at fraction of the cost of any competing solution Leverage the disruptive economics of open source No up-front software license fees
Backed by the reliability of a commercial corporation Experienced leadership Consistent processes for product innovation, quality and support Resources for flexible licensing, sponsored development and more
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Integrated ERP and CRM
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Global-ready Features Fully internationalized
Localizations isolated from code
Partners deliver translated and localized Adempiere solutions in over 16 languages e.g. (shown)
Out-of-the-box support for multiple: Business units
Accounting standards
Tax laws
Currencies
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Modern Web Architecture and UI First mid-market ERP
with a modern RIA
Web architecture
Great user experience
Rich functionality
Optimized usability
Highly responsive
Personalized interface
Standards-based design
Service Oriented Architecture
AJAX features through open source Google Web Toolkit
Customization without Programming
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Add
fields
Change window
layout
Change field
names
Per user default
values
Dynamically
hide fields
Set security at the
row/field level
Add new
windows
Easy & manageable customizations through the Applications Dictionary include:
Configuring & Extending Adempiere
Configure Business Rules
Application setups
Workflow & security
Accounting Dimensions
Change setups at any time
Configure User Interface
Field, windows, labels
Layout, theme, language
Search fields
Configure Reports
Dynamically create reports
Format reports w/ Adempiere or 3rd party report designer
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Extend Adempiere Applications
Add new fields (DB columns)
Add new entities (DB tables)
Add data validation & defaults
Add new workflows
Change security rules
Add performance measures
Link to external systems
Callout to java processes & integrate results back into UI
… without programming
No Final Decisions Change:
Accounting elements
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› Dimensions
› Hierarchies
› Costing methods
…at any time
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Multi-Tier Web Architecture
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Web (Ajax-based)
Database
Data Dictionary
- Tables & Columns
- Windows & Reports
- Business Rules
- Workflow
Desktop
User Interface
JDBC HTTP
Application
Server Database
Server
Compiere
Transaction
Engine
Java Processes
& Callouts
Features Summary Multi Company Multi Organization within Company Multi Currency Multi Lingual Multiple Accounting Schemas Global Ready Tax System (whenever needed) Webstore / Self-Service Portal Sales / Purchase / Inventory / CRM / POS Role Based Security (restrict access to screen, reports or
processes based on role) Faster implementation and highly adaptable solution. Scheduled Tasks (invoicing, posting, emailing), Alerts, Chat,
Record attachments + more
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Sales Cycle
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Purchase Cycle
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Warehouse Management
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Payment Handling
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Payment Workflow
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Documents Actions and Process
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Create document types; select who can access them and automatically execute business actions.
Proposal: Non-binding offer, which can be converted manually to any other Sales document type.
Quotation: Binding Offer, which automatically reserves stock and can be converted to any other Sales document type.
Standard Order: Batch derive, which automatically reserves stock. Shipment and Invoice can be generated manually.
Warehouse Order: The goods are picked up with a Delivery Note. This type automatically generates a Shipment or Delivery Note. You can create the Invoice manually.
On Credit Order: The goods are picked up with an Invoice. This type automatically generates a shipment and an Invoice. Once the goods are paid for you enter the payment manually.
POS Order: This document type is more flexible. The goods are picked up with an Invoice and optionally paid. The payment term could also be on account. This type automatically generates a Shipment, and Invoice and depending upon the payment terms a payment.
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Adempiere’s Disruptive Economics
Large
enterprise
Mid-market
Small
Business
Adempiere
$high thousands/user Cost of Solution $low hundreds/user
Microsoft
Dynamics
Sage
Group
Exact
Epicor
Agresso
SAP
All-In-One
Lawson
Infor
NetSuite
Oracle
EBS
PeopleSoft
JDE E1
SAP
Business
One
SAP
ByDesign
SAP
mySAP
ERP
Success Stories Company Overview
Educational books distribution
HQ in Georgia; US market focus
Two warehouses totaling 140,000 ft2
Hosted Adempiere deployment through KnowledgeBlue
Requirements Integrated accounting, distribution and warehousing management
3rd party shipper integration with FedEx, DHL and UPS
Business-specific reports and dashboards
Outsourced operations: hosted solution without internal IT/ERP staff
Benefits 10% increase in net margins through Adempiere-related efficiencies
100% increase in revenue through growth of existing businesses plus entry into a new business that leverages their automated warehouse operations
Rapid deployment completed on time and in ¼ the time of competing solutions
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Adempiere Success
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“ With Adempiere’s open
source ERP, we’ve increased
our net margin by 10 percent
during the past two years,
and our revenue has more
than doubled during that
time.”
— Brian Schoenbaechler,
President of Southern Book
Company
Adempiere Success Company Overview
Pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution
HQ in Denmark; sales subsidiaries and channel partners in 50 countries
Privately owned with over 500 global employees
Requirements
Integrated sales order management, inventory control, and global accounting
Manage product batches, lot numbers and expiration dates
Platform flexibility, ease of integration and rapid customization
Open source licensing and Linux platform support
Benefits
Continuity: Adempiere customer since 2002
Integrated solution scaled from one subsidiary to global operations
Company-specific extensions easily migrated to new releases over time
Improved distribution efficiency for 50 product lines and over 10,000 SKUs
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Success Stories
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“ Adempiere is extremely
flexible. You can customize the
way it works to a very high
degree.”
— Jacob Pedersen, Project
Manager Pharma Nord
Customer Success with Adempiere
12/6/2010 30 The Adempiere Product and Partner Ecosystem
Evaluating Adempiere for your Business
Information Adempiere Web site:
www.adempiere.com
Adempiere Overview white paper
Adempiere product demos
Online introduction webcasts
Adempiere / Compiere Documentation
Training (Func. / Tech) On-demand eLearning
On-Site Training
Partner Network Services Needs analysis
Pilot and production deployments
Industry- and region-specific solutions
Questions? [email protected]
www.g3itcon.com
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Call or email us now for a free on-site product demonstration.
Syed Asim Zaman
Lead Consultant / System Integration Specialist
G3 IT Consultants (www.g3itcon.com)
Phone: +971 4 3488456 Fax: +971 4 3986215 FMT: +971 50 4400274 PO Box: 113579, Dubai UAE